North and South.

Yesterday, I watched North and South for the first time.

I had no idea what the plot was about, no idea that if would focus so much on industry, cotton, mills, and strikes. I would have never expected to be interested in such a movie...but I was.

I also would have never expected to fall for Mr. Thornton after the harsh way he was introduced. But I did. :)

In short, I absolutely loved it. It was a beautiful movie. And the music...wow.

This is a little thing, but I also loved that so many of the characters' voices seemed to sound a little Irish (?), even though they're English. Maybe it's just that people from different parts of England sound differently? Anyway, I loved almost everyone's voices. :)

And I loved seeing a few familiar faces! Yay, Higgins/John Bates/Brendan Coyle and Fred/Frank Churchill/Rupert Evans! :)

So yes, I ended up buying the Elizabeth Gaskell collection from Amazon since they knocked the price down. And even though I've been failing my new year's resolution to cut back book/DVD purchases, I confess that I am so happy I bought this set. It's the only way I could get my hands on North and South, because we don't have Netflix and our library doesn't have the series.

So far, I have been so impressed with the BBC adaptations of Elizabeth Gaskell's work. (I've never read any of her books- I think I need to!) The set also includes Cranford, which I'm so excited about rewatching, and Wives and Daughters, which I've never seen and hope it is as good as these other two! :)

Until next time,